What is recorded here

Gallaun is a 3.43 metre standing stone in Glanleam, County Kerry, trapped inside a much younger earthwork called Cromwell's Fort. The prehistoric upright predates the fort by millennia, creating a strange layer where ancient stone and later military architecture collide. A leaning slab now braces its base, possibly added after Chatterton recorded the stone shaking easily in 1839. The fort builders either embraced the older marker or ignored it, leaving both timelines entangled in one place.

In pasture, on W-facing slope. Subrectangular stone (H 1.5m; 1.55m x 0.45m) aligned E-W; leans slightly to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Likely dating to the Bronze Age, this standing stone may have had ritual or territorial significance. No specific folklore or detailed use is recorded for Gallaun, Curradrinagh.

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